We prophesy correctly when we cease to acknowledge any reality in material sense and increasingly recognize the present allness and power of God’s spiritual, wholly good, creation.
The general belief is that each of us lives in a material body, while also possessing spiritual qualities. However, what Jesus was saying was not that we merely have a spiritual dimension but that the spiritual—the substance of the kingdom of God—is all there is and therefore all there is to us.
I saw more clearly that my peace, health, sense of completeness, and joy depended not on what was going on in my body but on what was happening in my consciousness of God.
I went upstairs to the medicine cabinet and threw the pain relievers and sleeping pills away. I never took another one, nor have I had another headache since.
I started meekly asking God on my way to work each morning, “Who are my children today?” and childlike spiritual qualities—such as tenderness, innocence, and joy—would came to thought. I delighted in these qualities of God, which are innate to each one of us as His cherished offspring.
I was grateful for having experienced the care of a group of loving, confident healers—the practitioner, the Christian Science nurses, and other staff at the facility. What a blessing!